Tag: COVID-19 vaccination

Australian Utilitarianism Ideology Has Diminished the Hippocratic Oath

Commentary Assuming we still aspire to live in societies governed by rational standards, we must try to explain the strange reluctance of political and public health elites to acknowledge the harm COVID-19 vaccines have inflicted on many ordinary Australians. Why has an entire section of society embraced the idea that it is OK to throw…


Australian Utilitarianism Diminishing the Hippocratic Oath

Commentary Assuming we still aspire to live in societies governed by rational standards, we must try to explain the strange reluctance of political and public health elites to acknowledge the harm COVID-19 vaccines have inflicted on many ordinary Australians. Why has an entire section of society embraced the idea that it is OK to throw…


‘On the Brink of Tears’: WA Border Backflip Leaves Aussie Couple ‘Homeless’

Karen and Mike Malherbe expected to move Western Australia (WA) next month and reunite with their family for the first time in three years. But meeting their first grandchild, and welcoming their second, now seems to be on hold for the foreseeable future. The couple had already sold their home in Illawarra, New South Wales…


Supreme Court’s Split Decision on Mandates Receives Mixed Reception From Legal Experts

The Supreme Court’s decision blocking the Biden administration’s private-sector vaccination regime was viewed positively by legal experts consulted by The Epoch Times but the other decision allowing the mandate requiring health care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 received a mixed reception. The rulings came mid-afternoon on Jan. 13 after the high court heard oral…


Legal Experts Respond to Supreme Court’s Split Decision on Vaccine Mandates

The Supreme Court’s decision blocking the Biden administration’s private-sector vaccination regime was viewed positively by legal experts consulted by The Epoch Times but the other decision allowing the mandate requiring health care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 received a mixed reception. The rulings came mid-afternoon on Jan. 13 after the high court heard oral…


Alberta Won’t Tax the Unvaccinated: Kenney

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said the province will not follow Quebec’s footsteps in imposing a financial penalty on residents who did not receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Kenney said it is unfair to make the unvaccinated pay extra even if data shows they put a greater burden on the health care system compared to the vaccinated population. “If we…


‘Only Three Doses Protects You From COVID-19’, Urges Victorian Premier

The Victorian government has urged eligible Victorians to get their booster shots as the state introduces new pandemic restrictions and vaccine mandates on Jan. 10 Night clubs, pubs and bars are set to close from Jan. 12 at 11.59 p.m. onwards, although dancefloors at wedding venues will stay open. The Andrews government also strongly recommended…


‘Not Good for Tennis at All’: Andy Murray Expressed Concerns About Novak Djokovic Deportation Case

Andy Murray has voiced his concern for Novak Djokovic and stated that the predicament which has engulfed world No. 1 is “really bad” for tennis. Djokovic visa has been reinstated by a federal court judge who had said that the “decision to proceed with the interview and cancel that visa … was unreasonable,” after an…


‘Not Good for Tennis at All’: Andy Murray Expresses Concerns Over Novak Djokovic Deportation Case

Andy Murray has voiced his concern for Novak Djokovic and stated that the predicament which has engulfed world No. 1 is “really bad” for tennis. Djokovic visa has been reinstated by a federal court judge who had said that the “decision to proceed with the interview and cancel that visa … was unreasonable,” after an…


Reaction to Novak Djokovic’s Canceled Visa in Australia

BRISBANE, Australia—Reaction from social media and elsewhere to the Australian government denying No. 1-ranked Novak Djokovic entry and the cancellation of his visa because he failed to meet the requirements for an exemption to COVID-19 vaccination rules: “The world has been suffering enough to not follow the rules.”—Rafael Nadal, who is tied with Djokovic and…